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Does nic improve flavour?

It absolutely does

throat hit is part of the overall flavour experience

so for tobacco for instance - i think a larger throat hit is more desirable than in say a vanilla cream

its why i dont think salts work well with tobaccos
Ahh, you see. I’ve no wish for a throat hit. That’s why I use so little PG, in my juice.
 
I went nic free off and on for a few years, and never really felt any withdrawals. It was the lack of throat hit that sent me back to 3%, especially when having a few beers. I notice the difference, but it is probably different for each individual.
 
I went nic free off and on for a few years, and never really felt any withdrawals. It was the lack of throat hit that sent me back to 3%, especially when having a few beers. I notice the difference, but it is probably different for each individual.
I think, when I first gave up. I wanted to get as far away from the cigarette experience as I could. Always considering I was vaping.

I quite naturally, went right to DTL, from almost the first toke on a vape. MTL just made me chuck up a lung.
Strangely, now, it’s the other way round. Unless I’m on 90 VG.
Though my MTL nic is still 3mg. Even though I can now tolerate 50-50 juice.
 
Ahh, you see. I’ve no wish for a throat hit. That’s why I use so little PG, in my juice.
I think, when I first gave up. I wanted to get as far away from the cigarette experience as I could. Always considering I was vaping.

I quite naturally, went right to DTL, from almost the first toke on a vape. MTL just made me chuck up a lung.
Strangely, now, it’s the other way round. Unless I’m on 90 VG.
Though my MTL nic is still 3mg. Even though I can now tolerate 50-50 juice.

Exactly the same as my experience. I really struggled with MTL and found it tore at my throat with 12mg. I went to DL at 3mg and took to it instantly with no problems. I decided to give MTL another go and had exactly the same reaction - chronic sore throat and coughing my guts up.

It turned out it wasn't the nic level or 50PG, in my case it was the type of nic. I tried 50/50 salts at 10 and 20mg and had no adverse reactions whatsoever so it definitely wasn't the PG that was screwing me up - it was Freebase nic.

I can Vape 3mg Freebase in DL, but when I tried 6mg in an RDL tank that gave me similar problems, but it was a gradual build up of discomfort and coughing rather than the instant problems I had with 12mg.

A good thing is I no longer crave any kind of throat hit (and I've never vaped tobacco flavours) so it helps distance me from the smoking experience.
 
I wonder if the fact my COPD is so much less of a problem, now. Is why I can tolerate higher PG in MTL.

it makes me able to experience some very good MTL tanks and attys, that were never on my list, before.

I'm actually really enjoying MTL.
But only with 3mg nic.:2thumbsup:
 
Exactly the same as my experience. I really struggled with MTL and found it tore at my throat with 12mg. I went to DL at 3mg and took to it instantly with no problems. I decided to give MTL another go and had exactly the same reaction - chronic sore throat and coughing my guts up.

It turned out it wasn't the nic level or 50PG, in my case it was the type of nic. I tried 50/50 salts at 10 and 20mg and had no adverse reactions whatsoever so it definitely wasn't the PG that was screwing me up - it was Freebase nic.

I can Vape 3mg Freebase in DL, but when I tried 6mg in an RDL tank that gave me similar problems, but it was a gradual build up of discomfort and coughing rather than the instant problems I had with 12mg.

A good thing is I no longer crave any kind of throat hit (and I've never vaped tobacco flavours) so it helps distance me from the smoking experience.
Im the opposite, no throat hit, not interested. When I started and couldn't get nic I tried Flavour Art Flash, that crap should carry a warning! Its hit is by capsaicin ingredients, your vaping pepper spray virtually :confused: it gave me huge asthma attacks that my inhalers couldn't stop. I went zero for a while but it was to me rubbish, probably because I stopped smoking and bonging at the same time. Was like chips with no salt. As soon as I got nic, 3mg DTL "thank you very much" :2thumbsup:
Does it make a flavour difference in my opinion, to me absolutely none. But who is the same, and who is to say purple to me is purple to another!? :hmm:
I ponder these life questions at times.
My misses says im an idiot.....
 
I only use DIY mixes and only vape MTL. In my journey I have gone from vaping 18mg when I first started to being down to 1mg now. Most people say at 1mg why bother, but I find that having the nic oxidise as my juice steeps seems to create a better taste experience for me.

As vaping, like a lot of things in life, is so subjective though, everybody has their own tastes and opinions on what works for them.

There is no "one recipe works for all" in vaping from my experience. :)
 
MSG is MSG. Maybe the particle size differs between brands, but unless you don't trust the brand not to have contaminated the product with something else, there's not really room for differentiation.
 
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